Addressing Sexuality, Gender, and the Decorative in the 1970s, with Lari Pittman and David J. Getsy / May 20, 2021

American artist and influential teacher Lari Pittman discusses his paintings and his reflections on the Los Angeles art world in this conversation with art historian David J. Getsy.
Pittman is Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Painting and Drawing, at UCLA, and Getsy is Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the 2020–21 Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Pittman and Getsy discuss the struggles to address issues of sexuality, gender, and the decorative in the 1970s, as well as the legacies of this moment and Pittman’s ongoing investigation into these issues in his career as an artist.

This conversation is organized by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
The event is held online in English. It is scheduled for 6– 7:15 p.m., in Paris (CET), including time for a Q&A with the speakers after their conversation.

Thursday, May 20, 2021
6 p.m. CET
Online
Registration is required

A recording will be available within two weeks of the event at https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/american-art-resources/audio-video/